Number 1 in the poll
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The Lord of the Rings J. R. R. Tolkien← All challenges Join this challenge 
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen 
His Dark Materials Philip Pullman 
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams 
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling 
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee 
Winnie-the-Pooh A. A. Milne 
Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell 
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis 
Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë 
Catch-22 Joseph Heller 
Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë 
Birdsong Sebastian Faulks 
Rebecca Daphne du Maurier 
The Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger 
The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame 
Great Expectations Charles Dickens 
Little Women Louisa May Alcott 
Captain Corelli's Mandolin Louis de Bernières 
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy 
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell
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The Big Read Top 21 Reading Challenge
The 21 best-loved novels from the BBC's Big Read, the 2003 poll in which the UK voted for its favourite book. From The Lord of the Rings at number one to Gone with the Wind at twenty-one, in the order they finished.
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The Lord of the Rings J. R. R. TolkienNumber 2 in the poll
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Pride and Prejudice Jane AustenNumber 3 in the poll
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His Dark Materials Philip PullmanNumber 4 in the poll
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas AdamsNumber 5 in the poll
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. RowlingNumber 6 in the poll
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To Kill a Mockingbird Harper LeeNumber 7 in the poll
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Winnie-the-Pooh A. A. MilneNumber 8 in the poll
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Nineteen Eighty-Four George OrwellNumber 9 in the poll
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. LewisNumber 10 in the poll
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Jane Eyre Charlotte BrontëNumber 11 in the poll
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Catch-22 Joseph HellerNumber 12 in the poll
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Wuthering Heights Emily BrontëNumber 13 in the poll
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Birdsong Sebastian FaulksNumber 14 in the poll
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Rebecca Daphne du MaurierNumber 15 in the poll
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The Catcher in the Rye J. D. SalingerNumber 16 in the poll
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The Wind in the Willows Kenneth GrahameNumber 17 in the poll
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Great Expectations Charles DickensNumber 18 in the poll
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Little Women Louisa May AlcottNumber 19 in the poll
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin Louis de BernièresNumber 20 in the poll
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War and Peace Leo TolstoyNumber 21 in the poll
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Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell